African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus - Gymnogène d'Afrique
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Polyboroides
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Species:
typus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 65 cm
- Wingspan: 118 à 152 cm.
- Weight: 635 à 950 g
Geographic range
Identification
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Polyboroides typus typus (Sudan to East Africa south to Angola and South Africa)
- Polyboroides typus pectoralis (Senegal and Gambia to Gabon and the DRCongo)
Foreign names
- Gymnogène d'Afrique,
- Aguilucho caricalvo común,
- gavião-secretário-africano,
- Höhlenweih,
- afrikai odúhéja,
- Kaalkopkiekendief,
- Gimnogene africano,
- afrikansk klätterhök,
- Klatrehauk,
- kutraňa dutinárka,
- jestřábec pochopovitý,
- Afrikansk Klatrehøg,
- rosvohaukka,
- Kaalwangvalk,
- arpella d'antifaç africana,
- owadożer palmowy,
- Африканский лунёвый ястреб,
- チュウヒダカ,
- 非洲鬣鹰,
- 獵鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- Birds of Southern Africa, Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes